I believe my paintings have a kinship with the sacred geometries of spiritual traditions, particularly the primal art of traditional cultures.  Current trends and fashionable art theories, although of intellectual interest, are of little concern to me when it comes to my own art and the process of its creation.  My primary inspiration and motivation to paint comes from deep within.  I experience this as something of a wonder and mystery.  Like many artists, I feel like I am connected to a transpersonal realm that lies beyond my personal conscious/awareness.  It is within this realm that the art is formed and my role is that of a skilled agent who is essential in delivering the art work to its state of complete realization.

In general, I begin painting with little forethought or planning other than the marking off of a simple grid.  This serves as an anchor process for rapidly building up and removing color by the gestural application of paint, alternated with repeated maskings guided by the grid.  Deeply immersed in this process, fully engaged, and sharply focused, my awareness of time and self vanishes.  Gradually, the grid evolves into intricate patterns which in a rhythmic, serial fashion, urge the eye forward in an exploration across the luminous and textured surface and into its depths which contain lushly painted, highly detailed, and precisely composed passages.  I continue working and refining until the painting arrives at a completed state of dynamic balance.

My paintings can be thought of as embodying the idea and experience of an aesthetic paradise.  The original literal meaning of the word "paradise" is "walled garden."  Like a beautiful and complex garden, each completed canvas is a self contained universe that invites one to take a visual journey of playful exploration and revelation.  When that journey includes a glimmer of paradise, a wonderful gift is affirmed.